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Failed assassination attempt on the life of Willem I, Prince of Orange-Nassau, by Jean de Jauregui
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Copper medal. Obverse: Jauregui shoots the Prince of Orange through the head with a bullet within inscription. Reverse: Philip II with crown and scepter, accompanied by a councilor and bodyguard, observes calamities that the heavens pour down upon him within inscription; section: inscription.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMislukte aanslag op het leven van Willem I, prins van Oranje-Nassau, door Jean de Jauregui. 1582. Gerard van Bylaer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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